Bob Weir is rightly being remembered as a transformative figure whose guitar playing made an indelible contribution to the ...

Bob Weir, the founding member and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, who died this month, was a pioneer in how rhythm guitar is ...

Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any gu ...

Revisiting one of his old quotes and expanding on it in a social media post, Queen's Brian May has credited one icon in particular having "basically invented" rock guitar playing. May reshared a post ...

Over a decade, Duffy has played alongside a host of respected bands. On a new LP as Hand Habits, the musician emerges in love and more connected to their body. By Grayson Haver Currin Meg Duffy could ...

Charlie Starr has a 1955 Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar he’s pulled many a song from. “I can sometimes hear a song from a recording of ours,” says Starr, singer/guitarist with elite Southern rock band ...

Being a great guitar player has meant something different in almost every decade. Guitarists have had to adapt over the years to meet listeners’ needs. In the ’50s, you needed to match the genius of ...

From Eddie Van Halen to Brian May to Prince, these are just some of the names that come to mind when talking about some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. These are gifted musicians who not ...

It feel like music has abandoned the guitar. Not entirely, obviously, but certainly the guitar that birthed rock and roll. Popular artists for generations found their music centered around the ...

America has had dozens of Presidents, but only four have their faces carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota. Similarly, some very big and important names will be regrettably but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Rock has evolved heavily over the years. Much of that evolution is down to how the guitar is used in any particular era. The guitar playing of the ’50s was far different than that of the ’90s. Using ...